Washington's Biggest Celebrity

By The Daily Dish

Last week, I wrote:

McCain actually worships at the altar of celebrity (how many movies has he guest-starred in? how many SNLs? how many dinner parties in Hollywood has McCain been to? how many books has he had ghost-written burnishing his life story? how often does he put out images of his own instant celebrity years ago as a returning POW?)

The Obama camp has also adopted this counter-point to the Rovian McCain ads. Could have been more brutal, but it's effective in its way:

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Game on.

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